Homeward Bound (play)
Homeward Bound is a stage drama by Elliott Hayes. It was originally commissioned by the Stratford Festival and produced for its 1991 season.[1][2][3]
Novelist Margaret Atwood wrote about the play: "Elliott Hayes has fashioned a brisk, intricate, deranging and tightly strung play...[his] art is a funhouse mirror, and what we see in it are fragments of ourselves, distorted, grotesque even, but recognizable."[4][5].
Canadian journalist and theatre artist Richard Ouzounian wrote in 2004 that Homeward Bound "remains one of the greatest plays that anybody has written in this country in my lifetime".[6]
Productions
The play has been produced numerous times since its Stratford debut. Notable productions include:
- Theatre Three, Dallas (1992)[7]
- Griffin Theatre Company, Illinois Theatre Center, Chicago (1992)[8]
- Canadian Stage, Toronto (1994)[9]
- Vancouver Playhouse (1995)
- Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, Winnipeg (1995)[10]
- National Arts Centre, Ottawa (1999)[11]
- Grand Theatre, London, Ontario (1999)[12][13]
- Neptune Theatre, Halifax (2001)[14]
- Citadel Theatre, Edmonton (2003)[15]
- Gateway Theatre, Vancouver (2005)[16]
- Western Gold Theatre, Vancouver (2017)[17]
References
- ^ "Past Productions : Our Production history". Stratfordfestival.ca. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ Donnelly, Pat; July 30, Montreal Gazette Updated:; 2010 (30 July 2010). "Stratford Festival's David William Mourned - Montreal Gazette". Montrealgazette.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
{{cite web}}:|last3=has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Homeward Bound (1991) production credits". Stratford Festival Archives. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
- ^ "Homeward Bound". Dramaticpublishing.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ Hayes, Elliott (6 February 1992). "Homeward Bound". Dramatic Publishing. Retrieved 6 February 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ Richard Ouzounian (28 February 2004). "No one has come by to rival Elliott Hayes". Toronto Star. p. H13.
- ^ "Author Profile - Elliott Hayes". Dramaticpublishing.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ Shaw, Stephanie. "Generations/Homeward Bound". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "Canadian Stage". Canadian Stage Website. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "Homeward Bound · Homeward Bound · Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre Archives". Archives.royalmtc.ca. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "Stratford Director Revitalizes Ottawa's National Arts Centre". Playbill.com. 8 May 1998. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "Production History - Grand Theatre London". Grandtheatre.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "UWO Gazette - Volume 92, Issue 81". Usc.uwo.ca. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "History". Neptunetheatre.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "Seasons Since 1965 - Citadel Theatre". Citadeltheatre.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "Homeward Bound". Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly. 20 October 2005. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "vancouverplays: Vancouver's arts and culture website providing theatre news, previews and reviews - Theatre Preview". Vancouverplays.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.